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Editorial: Myanmar a real mess after cyclone takes terrible toll

The estimates of the death toll just kept rising, from an early guess of about 350 people to some 3,000, to 10,000 dead and at least 3,000 missing. The cyclone that hit Myanmar on Saturday has taken a terrible toll and left in its wake a terrible need...

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Community Forum: Twice-weekly garbage collections a luxury

Editor:I agree heartily with Mr. McLane's letter Friday. It pointed out that the large garbage containers are only partially filled, so the necessity of twice-weekly pick-up is extravagant. My suggestion would be that containers be set aside for recyclables...

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Another View: Valley ports struggle to maintain navigation channels

By Robert C. Cornelison

The Galveston district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers annually has requested millions of dollars in maintenance dredging funds for Valley ports. Every year, that request has been denied by the administration.For another year (Fed budget year 2008)...

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Editorial: Good news for the right to arm

Second Amendment supporters got a couple of pieces of good news last week. One, perhaps the most important in a while, was that a federal appeals court didn't buy New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's argument that firearms manufacturers should be held...

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Community Forum: Honor society did great service for community

Editor:A million thanks to the members of the Harlingen High School National Technical Honor Society for their $650 donation to the Ronald McDonald House. I stayed at a Ronald McDonald House for two months while my son received medical treatment in a...

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Editorial: City finds new way to waste tax money

The Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights plans to revolutionize urban planning, corporate welfare and housing subsidies. The city has $190,000 to give people to get them to buy slow-moving condominiums, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported.Residents of...

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Editorial: Teach all schools how to count

President Bush's signature No Child Left Behind Act came up for reauthorization last year, but Congress couldn't reach an agreement and it looks like the law may remain untouched this year, too.Out of frustration, Bush instructed Secretary of Education...

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Community Forum: When the hurricane hits,how will we watch TV?

When the hurricane hits,how will we watch TV?Editor:I still haven't got an answer to this hypothetical question. A hurricane blows through this area and it does what hurricanes do every time one blows through: It knocks out electrical power. Of course,...

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Web Extra: 25 years later, we’re still ‘a nation at risk’

By DAN LIPS/ Heritage Foundation

Twenty-five years ago, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released the landmark "A Nation at Risk" report. It documented widespread failure in American schools. "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...

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Web Extra: The minority candidate’s burden: to explain his race

By MARY SANCHEZ/ Kansas City Star

God forbid that I should ever have to stand up and "clearly and unequivocally" denounce everyone I've ever been close to who has expressed views that are less than politically correct. Half the extended family would have to go. And a whole lot of friends,...

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